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Blur WILL reunite next month says Alex James | News | NME.COM Blur WILL reunite next month says Alex James Bassist tells NME.COM Graham Coxon is onboard for sessions 7 hours ago Blur are to set to record together as a four-piece for the first time since 2002, when guitarist
Graham Coxon left the band.
Speaking to
NME.COM,
Blur bassist
Alex James explained that the band are all in touch again and plan to record together - with the aim of making an album - in the near future.
"It's going to happen soon,"
James explained, speaking of imminent recording sessions. "It's looking promising.
"It's important for us emotionally not to leave
Blur as an unfinished thing. It could be good musically as well."
Blur drummer
Dave Rowntree had previously told
NME.COM that the band were set to get together this month, but
James explained that it was more likely that they would record in October.
"I texted
Graham this morning and got one back," he revealed. "I saw
Damon (
Albarn) about a month ago and I spoke to
Dave yesterday. We're all talking."
Hinting at what a new album might sound like,
James said: "Good guitars would be good. But I mainly talk to
Graham about mandolins and prog music."
Coxon departed during the early sessions for the group's last album,
'Think Tank', which came out in 2003.
Keep checking
NME.COM for the latest on the
Blur reunion.
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